Thursday, December 17, 2009

Snow!!

Finally a good amount of snow on the ground. Maybe not enough to make a tall snowman but enough that if I wanted to freeze by backside off I could make snow angels :) But I have more common sense then that.... ok maybe not lol

The little Robin bully of the yard eyeing up the bird table by the window. Its always funny when he chases away birds 3 times his size.

Copyright Jennifer Rose Phillip

And here is a pink cow skull (moo) done in oil pastels and turps. I normally cannot stand oil pastels, but really like using them with turps. The pastels get pushed around the paper and the colours blend so much easier. There are defining marks made with a key in this but I don't think they show up very well in a photo. I swear most of the class was as high as a kite after using the turps even with the fan on and the window open :p

Copyright Jennifer Rose Phillip

I had completely forgotten that I had drawn this so it was a nice surprise to find amongst the rest of the life drawing images. You can def. tell which ones where done at the beginning of class and the ones I am drawing now. So while I know that I need a lot of practice in drawing the human form still, its nice seeing that I am managing to improve even a little bit :)

11 comments:

we warmed up ... still have snow...but, it went from -32 C to +4 C...the last two days were lovely and balmy...sunny and brilliant blue sky.... it was great. Let's see your tiny snowman then...come on, where is he? no picci?... what? you didn't make one? ..... acckkk!!

I'm jealous. I live in the only little part of Kent that hasn't been covered with a blanket of snow overnight. My best friend lives just 20 mins away by car and she has 8 to 12 inches of snow and more forecast - I think its cos I live close to the sea at Whitstable

Oh wow! Nice nude. Isn't it great to surprise yourself? That looks wonderful (model gave you a nice pose too).I only use oil pastels because I don't want smudging, but I still don't like their muddy (compared to prismacolor pencil) colours. Nice purple skull.Looking very Christmassy up there.